GBCTA 2019 Annual Report

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Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association
2019
ANNUAL
REPORT
Photo Credit: Rick Boden

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Photo Credit: Alf Skrastins
Contents
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Message from President
GBCTA Overview
WBC AST Maintenance &
Construction
Summer Ski Trails Work
Ski Trails Grooming
Grooming Highlights
Volunteers
Donors & Supporters
Financial Statements
West Bragg Trails Facts
The GBCTA mission is to
develop and maintain
non-motorized trails in
the Bragg Creek area for
public recreation.

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Introduction
Message from the President and Board
2019/2020 was the most successful year in the history
of the GBCTA. It was marked by a record number of
summer trails volunteers, a maturation of the
Association’s organizational and governance
framework followed by the most spectacular season of
winter grooming and user experience ever seen in West
Bragg Creek.
We finished the year in the black financially, thanks to
generous funding from our donors who we gratefully
acknowledge in this report.
Our special events—Brews for Bragg, Tunes for Trails
and TrailStock—were all very successful in both friend
and fund raising.
Backed by our new operational framework, the GBCTA
is transitioning from a building phase into one that
focuses on meeting the needs of our expanding user
base with a strong emphasis on environmental
accountability. In the process, we have become a
leader in developing a strong culture of safety within
the trail building community.
In March 2019 the GBCTA inked a new 10-year
Cooperating Agreement with Alberta Environment and
Parks. We cemented strong partnerships with other
trail organizations partnering in the new Kananaskis
Trails Coalition. We are also well along in the
development of a new 10-year strategic plan that will
guide the GBCTA into the future.
The rejuvenated volunteer program saw a record
amount of trails work with an unprecedented 7,646+
logged volunteer hours.
Thank you to our West Bragg family—Board members,
leaders, donors, volunteers, supporters, friends—for
making 2019/2020 such a remarkable success.
Behind the scenes, a newly hired part-time
administrative assistant provided valuable support to
our Executive. To better enhance the user experience
our website was re-visioned with a new webcam, trail
head weather station and grooming report format. We
enjoyed improved exposure via both mainstream and
social media.
In the field our operations team garnered
unprecedented accolades for its work on both summer
and winter trails. It seems like everyone wanted to
experience West Bragg!
Sincerely, Conrad Schiebel, President
Board Members
Conrad Schiebel – President
Karena Brawley – Secretary
Eric Lloyd – Treasurer
Brad Small – Director
Baruch Laskin – Director
Alf Skrastins – Director
Dave Kunz – Director
Willie Prebushewsky – Director
Bill Hoyne – Director
David Cebuliak – Director
Ken Young – Director
Legal Counsel – Adrienne Waller
As at March 31, 2020
GBCTA BOARD

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Overview
Community Trails in Rocky View County (RVC)
The West Bragg Creek Trail
The West Bragg Creek Trail which stretches west of the
hamlet along the West Bragg Creek Road is part of “The
Great Trail”, formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail.
It links the Hamlet of Bragg Creek with the West Bragg
Creek trails in Kananaskis Country. This 7.5 km gravel
trail is complete, except for a pedestrian bridge over
Bragg Creek near Wild Rose Close.
Work on this pedestrian bridge continued in 2019: Instream
work was completed in late August by A M
McKay Contractors Ltd, with McElhanney and
Associates handling all the technical, regulatory
approval, tendering, inspection and project
management work for this project. Pile installation
work was attempted in September but was
unsuccessful because unanticipated high flow rate
groundwater prevented the installation of bridge piles.
McElhanney and Associates subsequently concluded it
is not possible to install piles at this location, so a new
shallow foundation design has been prepared for
Rocky View County approval. We plan to complete the
pedestrian bridge installation in the summer of 2020,
provided sufficient funds are available for this work.
Alternatively,
2.9
Rocky View County may include a
2.5
pedestrian component on their new road bridge in
2021.
In spring 2019, GBCTA staff commenced regular tread
smoothing on the TCT in an effort to provide a smooth
surface to trail users and protect the integrity of the
gravel trail tread.
We sincerely hope trail users enjoy this major new trail
that helps connect our community while improving
public safety and providing numerous other benefits.
We have now been able to keep this trail open all year
round with added snow clearing through a generous
grant from RVC and support from local donors.
The Banded Peak Trail
Many thanks to Bragg Creek Excavating for the
successful completion of the re-gravel project on the
Banded Peak Trail between the Banded Peak School
and the Bragg Creek Community Centre. Also many
thanks to Rocky View County for providing $10,000 in
funding towards this project.
The GBCTA hopes that trail users find the new fine
gravel trail surface an improvement.
In early 2019, GBCTA staff started doing snow removal
on the Banded Peak Trail to enable year round use. We
hope winter trail users find that an improvement over
wading through snow drifts.
More than 6,700 people per year use the West Bragg
Creek Trail based on the TCT supplied trail counter
installed in the Hamlet of Bragg Creek.
Cumulatively from 2011, we have logged 6,000
volunteer hours working on our community trails in
Rocky View County.

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Photo Credit: Alf Skrastins
West Bragg Creek Kananaskis All-Season and Winter Multi-User Trails
Maintenance
A “Spring Clean-up” grant from the TransCanada Trail
(TCT) Foundation allowed our crews to do drainage and
tread upgrades to the full 3.6 km length of Braggin
Rights. Similar work was also completed on 2 km of
Boundary Ridge trail.
Grants from the TCT and Alberta Equestrian Federation
(AEF) also funded the application of a 2 metre wide
gravel strip on 1.5 km of Iron Creek trail. The strip of
gravel was compacted into the underlying clay to
create a durable, water shedding, all-season tread that
no longer sticks to your boots or tires.
Snowy Owl trail was rerouted out of wetlands onto
higher dry ground in two areas. A total of 700 metres of
the trail was realigned and most of the trail was cleared
of brush and encroaching branches. Some of the work
was supported by a grant from the AEF, to make a
portion of Snowy Owl into the recommended winter
equestrian route, instead of Mountain Road.
Every single trail was inspected and virtually every trail
had some tread, drainage, brushing or pruning work
done on it. In total, work was done on 21.9 kilometres
of existing trail, or about 22 per cent of the all-season
and winter multi-user trail network.
The weather was a big challenge in 2019. There was a
rainfall event virtually every week from early April right
through to mid-September and then a series of big
snowfalls in late September, October and early
November. This led to the cancellation or modification
of many of the planned weekend volunteer trail days.
The precipitation totaled more than 650mm by
October. All this water caused springs to appear in new
locations and highlighted every possible drainage
problem on the trail network. By fixing those areas in a
wet season, the trails should be much more
sustainable in the future.
Intense wind events were also a problem in 2019.
Several strong windstorms brought more than 300
trees down onto or over the trails. All of the downed
trees, plus other trees that posed a safety hazard on
the trails, were removed.

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Photo Credit: Jason Edworthy
New Trail Construction
One project that was the focus of much of the volunteer
work in July, August and September was the
construction of a single-track all-season trail to
roughly parallel the Moose Loop XC ski trail. It runs
from the north end of Old Shell Road to northbound
Tom Snow trail. This is a part of The Great Trail, and
major funding for the project was provided by the TCT
Foundation, with additional funding from the AEF. This
project included the construction of 2.4 km of new
single-track trail, with three bridges, three culverts and
two segments of raised tread. Volunteers constructed
the tread on about two thirds of the distance, where
the terrain was relatively easy to work, while a mini
excavator and operator was contracted to machine
build the bench-cuts on more difficult terrain. Work
was slowed in the fall by a series of big snowfall events,
but the project was still completed successfully.
Winter Horse Use
In the late fall, there was extensive discussion around
the issue of winter horse use at West Bragg Creek. By
mid-December a pilot project was initiated to facilitate
winter horseback riding on some existing trails, but to
restrict winter horse use on trails that were being
groomed for fat biking and/or XC skiing. The plan
included the construction of three new winter horse
trails, along Iron Creek, Boundary Ridge and parallel to
Mountain Road. With these three new winter horse
trails now constructed, the WBC network has 165 km of
trails.
Photo Credit: Alf Skrastins
Beyond the new Moose Single-track trail, there is one
final segment of The Great Trail to complete. Tom Snow,
between Moose Loop and Kestrel is in poor condition.
We anticipate upgrading and rerouting that final 5 km
of Tom Snow in 2020.
Photo Credit: Alf Skrastins

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Photo Credit: Alf Skrastins
Equipment
A variety of vehicles and equipment has been procured
by the GBCTA in 2019 and in previous years to facilitate
the work that trails crews do.
● Two fat tire E-bikes allow crews to access the
more remote trails quickly and efficiently.
They are used on an almost daily basis,
summer and winter.
● Two Yamaha BW motorcycles similarly
facilitate access in the summer, plus they are
equipped to transport a few tools or to tow a
small trailer. In the winter, they are used to
groom single-track trails for fat-biking.
● A 2-wheel drive ROKON motorcycle is also
used for transport and trailer towing. The 2-
wheel drive feature allows for travel on more
rugged terrain and trail breaking duty in
difficult snow conditions. It is set up to carry a
chainsaw.
● Two KTM motorcycles with front skis and rear
tracks are used in the winter for grooming of
fat-bike trails in deep snow conditions.
● A purpose built trailer has been constructed
to transport tools, lumber, soil or gravel
behind a motorcycle. It works remarkably well
on our narrow single-track trails.
● A quad and trailer combination is used
regularly to transport larger amounts of tools
and supplies on wider trails or along the XC
ski trails to locations close to single-track
work sites.
● The medium sized KUBOTA tractor has been
used to tow a larger trailer to transport
lumber and materials to work sites, to dig and
move soil, and to strip sod and organic
materials from the trail alignment in more
open, grassy areas.
Some of this equipment was purchased in 2019 thanks
to a capital grant from the Government of Alberta. This
equipment is maintained by Dean Cockshutt. All of it
has proven invaluable in helping our crews to get out
to the more distant parts of our 165 km trail network.
Photo Credit: Pete Irwin

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Photo Credit: Dean Cockshutt
AST Winter Grooming
(November 1, 2019 to March 21, 2020)
The fat bike riding season started with a boom due to
cold temperatures and snowy conditions in early
November. We do not have an accurate method of
determining the percentage of total WBC recreationists
that are fat bikers, but anecdotal evidence indicates it
is a high percentage of the visitor total and it is growing
every year.
Leverage Ratio of Un-paid to Paid Grooming Hours:
Our grooming equipment was designed and built inhouse
specifically for our trail and snow conditions,
and it is significantly different than that used by
K-country and Canmore Nordic Centre. The result
speaks for itself with many riders remarking on social
media about the superior quality of WBC trail
conditions. The KTM track bikes were highly utilized
after major snowfalls and the new studded tires on the
Yamaha BW200’s were vastly superior to previously
used tire chains during icy Chinook conditions. Many
additional hours were incurred removing fallen trees
during high wind events in November and also on
Equestrian trail planning and damage incidents.
Capital Expenditures; $500 for e-bike maintenance
stand, $1300 for 2 sets studded Yamaha BW200 tires.
Total Paid Maintenance/Admin/Planning Hours:
174
1.4:1
Total Paid Grooming Hours:
175
Total Volunteer Grooming
Hours: 238
Number of AST Volunteer Groomers:
Km of Groomed Trails:
5
51.4
Photo Credit: Dean Cockshutt
Photo Credit: Paul Saunders
With the exception of one tire change, one hundred percent of AST equipment maintenance was conducted in
house creating significant operating cost savings. There were four equestrian trail damage incidents, one verbal
abuse incident and two minor non-lost time injuries related to icy trail conditions. Two very experienced new AST
Groomers were brought on board.

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Ski Trails Summer Work
Long after the ski season has ended and when the trails have dried out, crews are back on these trails working to
improve drainage and tread repair. Summer 2019 was a busy season, with projects that involved culvert replacement
and installation, construction of two new bridges, tread levelling and other construction projects. During this season
the GBCTA collaborated with Bragg Creek Excavating, Associated Environmental Consultants and TreeWorx Tree Care
Inc.
Projects included:
• Over 150 feet of weeping tile cross drains were
installed on Sundog/Loggers with several hundred
feet of trenching to these drains. When possible,
flat rock was placed over the pipe to prevent
damage from post holing horse hooves.
• At the Loggers Loop junction with Ranger, a bypass
was created to allow ditching and to dry out the
area.
• Very successful trenching on Upper Sundog
essentially dried out the tread and created
permanent drainage. The trail closure on Sundog
was very useful in allowing drainage to be installed
and tread to dry.
• The posts used to hang the summer and winter
Provincial Recreation Area banners were more
firmly planted in the ground with the use of a great
expanding foam product called FAST2K.
• Trenching was done on Loggers, the wettest of the
ski trails in spring. This area was basically a lake
created by a down slope berm. The berm was
broken and a temporary bypass created. Loggers
will need machine work when dry to establish
better drainage at multiple sites.
• A massive boulder was removed, that was poking
up in the middle of the hill above the East Crystal
bridge. It had been creating a grooming hazard.
• Bragg Creek Excavating was contracted to replace
two culverts at the Moose Loop-Telephone
junction. This involved constructing a temporary
moveable bridge structure to allow code-ofpractise
crossing of Bragg Creek by BCE's excavator.
Water Act Permitting was overseen by Matt
Freeman from Associated Environmental
Consultants.
• The approach to the stream crossing at north
Moose was regraded with installation of an S curve.
With this work it is now possible to proceed with a
future bridge installation at this site—the last
stream crossing in the XC ski trails system
• A 12 x 10 foot bridge was constructed on west
Telephone.
• Summer work concluded with three days of
contracted work by TreeWorx Tree Care Inc, who
completed extensive brushing and tree clearing on
north and west Telephone.
Photo Credit: David Cebuliak
BCE carried out extensive excavation work on north
Moose Loop and West Telephone to address drainage
and off camber tread issues.

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Ski Grooming 2019-2020
This season proved to be the most successful in the
organization’s history, largely due to the plentiful
snowfall that started in September and as of this
writing in mid-April is still accumulating. Over 1900
hours of work was performed over the 5-month ski
season by a mix of one paid employee and handful of
volunteers.
A concerted effort was made this year to improve the
classic skier experience. The average interval between
track setting on any given trail was 4.8 days. To put it
another way, each trail was re track set 6.4 times per
month on average.
Although snow harvesting played a much smaller role
in our activities this year, a great deal of time was
spent sculpting drifted and displaced snow. Snow
plowing by skiers descending on hills ends up creating
a very curved profile to the ski tread. This needs to be
planed to a flat surface regularly for safety reasons.
This work was very labour and time intensive and
prompted the proposal for equipment purpose built
for the task.
Photo Credit: Jeff Hughes
Work other than grooming was as varied this year as
the characters performing it. Special projects
completed included construction of 2 winter
equestrian specific trails, installation of security
cameras that offer 24 hr surveillance, installation of a
weather station and webcam that upload information
instantaneously to our web page, reintroduction of
the snow host program, rerouting of certain problem
areas, and a functional cooperating agreement with
Biathlon Alberta.
Photo Credits: Jeff Hughes

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they able to educate trail users on proper trail
etiquette and the GBCTA’s activities but raised
thousands in donations over a short period of time.
We expect to see an expansion of this program next
year.
Photo Credit: Jeff Hughes
Many more initiatives were incorporated this year in
order to improve the organization, not only from an
operational standpoint but from a branding
perspective as well. On the operations front, we
started a system of tracking and reporting trail
damage by users, making a VHF radio operators
license mandatory for all crew leaders, improving
signage to educate trail users, monthly operations
meetings and reporting to name a few. On the
branding side, David Cebuliak and Marilyn Ledingham
were instrumental in making improvements to our
website. Rick Boden went to a great deal of effort to
get some amazing footage of the Alberta Youth
Championships with both drone footage and video
and stills from the ground. These were in turn made
into promotional materials for XCBC and the GBCTA by
David Cebuliak.
Skier visits and voluntary donations were at an all
time high this year. Factors influencing this would
likely include snow quantity, grooming frequency and
quality, trail reporting, live webcam and website
weather information, and the snow host program.
The future is looking very bright for the ski area
although there are challenges ahead. Most
importantly, a sustainable funding model is needed
for operations. Secondly, the impending closure of
grooming in other areas of Kananaskis will put undue
pressure on our area with unprecedented crowds,
especially if snow conditions are favourable. Thirdly,
as the demand for grooming quality and frequency
grows, so does the need for more suitable equipment
for the task.
Social media played a large role in promotion of the
area as in previous years. We have a strong presence
on Facebook and Skier Bob.
The Gudehus-Ryder and Peach families reinitiated the
Snow Host program with great success. Not only were
Photo Credit: Jeff Hughes

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Highlights of 2019 grooming
operations not related
specifically to grooming
included the following:
• Revival of the snow host program,
which has helped with compliance
over trails use
• Compiling the maintenance histories
on all equipment and entering the
histories into a proper maintenance
log
• Hazard sign construction and
placement
• Installation of a new computer
• Purchase of a fuel locker, brusher,
blower, and microphones for VHF
radios
• Shop inspections and safety audits
• Spring overhaul of all track systems
and CV boot replacements on Kei
trucks and quad 7
• Spring maintenance related to
flooding of heated garage including
installation of a sump pump
• Roller and Ginzu overhauls
• Memorandum of Understanding for
XCBC Biathlon use of the Trails Centre
and Tool Shed
Photo Credit: Pete Irwin

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We Value our Hard-Working Volunteers
Our association is a partner in the Kananaskis Trail
Builders Coalition. The other partners include Friends
of Kananaskis Country, Moose Mountain Trail Bike
Society, Calgary Mountain Bike Alliance, Canmore Area
Mountain Bike Alliance, and the Great Divide Trail
Association. These groups coordinated crew leader
training in May 2019, to standardize processes related
to safety, training, hazard assessment, communication
and leadership of volunteers. Over 50 crew leaders
participated in the training sessions.
The GBCTA gained a number of new and enthusiastic
crew leaders through this process. The training was
followed up by a mentoring process of working with
existing crew leaders and on-the-job training. This is an
important step in the process of growing the volunteer
base and in succession planning for the organization.
Some impressive statistics demonstrate the success of the volunteer program:
Total logged volunteer hours:
Organized trail days:
An increase in trained Crew
Leaders to a total of:
7646
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In addition to the trail building work, GBCTA welcomed
the efforts of volunteers at a number of special events
and parking lot fundraisers. And of course, the
association is led by a dedicated Board of Directors and
leadership team who keep the organization moving
forward in a positive direction. In total, we have about
315 volunteers who have helped out to date.
Our volunteers were recognized on November 2 at a
Volunteer Appreciation Event held at the Snowbirds
Chalet in Bragg Creek. Hosted by President Con
Schiebel, the program included highlights of this year’s
construction season presented by Alf Skrastins, and
acknowledgements of a job well done by the Alberta
Parks Regional Director, Michael Roycroft. Eric Lloyd
gave a run down on community trails maintenance and
construction activities, which included the challenges
encountered on The Great Trail bridge project. All our
trail builders were acknowledged, as well as the folks
working in the background who keep the wheels
turning.

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Recognizing our Donors and Supporters
Jim Davis Memorial Trail Day | Photo Credit: Alf Skrastins
We are immeasurably grateful to all the members of our community who provided financial
support in 2019. People were generous with their cash contributions in the West Bragg donation
boxes, while others donated by cheque or on-line. Here we acknowledge all the people and
organizations that contributed amounts of $100 and over.
$50,000 +
Rocky View County
$25,000 - $50,000
Alberta TrailNet Society
TransCanada Trail Foundation
Government of Alberta

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$5,000 - $10,000
Becky Rogala
Kelly Hewson & Gordon Salahor
Brodie's Professional Outdoor
Leadership Fund at the Calgary
Foundation
$1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous in memory of Katharine
Armitage-Amundson
Anonymous in memory of Jim
Clampett, Moose Mountain Trail
Bragg Creek and Kananaskis
Outdoor Recreation
Gift Funds Canada
Jason Legere
John and Mariette VanWees Fund at
the Calgary Foundation
Lifesport Calgary
Lori Jo Amberiadis
Martin Armitage in memory of
Katharine Armitage-Amundson
PipeTech Corporation Ltd
XC Bragg Creek Ski and Bike Society

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$500 - $999
54Blue Communications
Inc.
Adventure Med
Anonymous in memory
of Jim Davis
Cenovus Energy
Chad Fehr
Dave Steadman
David Zimmerman
Diane Spence in memory
of Jax
Douglas Hackbarth
Encana
Esso Annuitants Ski Club
Foothills Master Swim
Club in memory of
Barry Scott
Frontier Candy & Ice
Cream
Gaylene Davis
James Andruchow
Jane Crawford
Jane Stevenson
Julian Green
Katherine Barg
Kathleen & Dan Bizek
Kathleen & Dan Bizek in
memory of Jim Davis
Kendra Gowdy
Lance Hamilton
Linda Thomas
Martine Parent
Moose Mountain
Horseback Adventures
Nipika Mountain Resort
Randy Moore
Randy Parsons
Talisman Energy Inc.
The Bike Shop
The Norseman Ski Club
Thomas Raedler
TransRockies Events
Wallace King
Winsport

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$250 - $499
Alan Farley
Anonymous in honour of
Karen Oldershaw
Anonymous in memory of
Barry Scott
Banded Peak Brewery
Barb English
Bragg Creek Physio
Bragg Dental
Branded Visuals Inc
Brian McDonald and Michelle
Embury in memory of Barry
Scott
Bruce Jamieson
Cheryl Molland
Chew Chew Pediatric
Dentistry
Cindy & Dan Parliament
Claire Allison
Clinton Roberts
Cole Romeo
Colleen Knuff & Bryce Hleucka
Craig Tyler
Darcy White
Dave Taillefer in honour of
Monsieur Le Pappy
David Kelly
David McLaren
Dean Cockshutt
Elbow Valley Cycle Club
Gord's Running Room
Greg Foord in memory of
Katharine (Kat) Armitage
Heninger Toyota
Howard Heffler
Jason Carling & Cayley Gunn
Jason Sokolosky
Jay Averill
Jerry Hagen
Jill Rathje
Jim Davis
Jim Parker
Karena Brawley
Karmik Sport and Personal
Development
Kelly Buckles
Kelsey MacLeod
Les Bates
Lisa Listgarten
Louis Girard
Matt Zelin
Michelle Saquet
Mountain Film Inc
Nancy Farries
Nexen Energy ULC
Palle Jensen
Peter Barr
Peter Newman
Petronas
Raymond Yong
Rebecca Hatheway
Robert Pinckston
Rod Batycky
Ryan Robertson
Susan Allen
The Roses
Tor & Janet Wilson
Tricia Leadbeater
Tuesday Ride Crew
Verne Wood
YYC MTB

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$100 - $249
Above & Beyond Plumbing
AdMaki Creative (Kamachi
Communications)
Alison Scott
Allison Husband
Anders Renborg
Andrea Cogghe in memory of
Rodger Banderk
Andrea Nelson and Sarita
Drew-Stanier
Andrew Tuttle
Ann Burrage
Anonymous in memory of
Kerry Iliffe
Anthony Chad
Anthony Manconi
Ariana McKnire
Armina Matthews in honour of
Lesley Matthews and David Erb
Azimuth
Barbara Rackow
Bart Hulshof
Best Little Word House
Bike Bros Inc
Bob Morrin
Bow Cycle
Bow Waters JackRabbits Ski Club
Bragg Animal Hospital
Brendan McCracken
Brian Plesuk in honour of all
volunteers and donors
Bruce Milner
Bruce Robertson in memory of
Alan Gordon Machete Robertson
Cal Johnson
Calaway Park
Calgary Hiking Club
Calgary Outdoor Club
Calgary Weekend Hikers Club
Callan Kostick
Cameron Westhead
Carl da Silva
Carol Guthrie
Carolyn Emery in memory of
Barry Scott
Chelsea Kenyon
Christopher Saunders
Cinnamon Spoon
CLIMBDURO
Clint Docken
Cores & Effect Pilates
Crabapple Cottage
Craig Gorham
Dan Harding
Darcy Mazurkewich
Darren Jacobs
Dave Robinson in memory of
Kerry Iliffe
Dave Vetsch
David Crowe
David Easton
David Hastings
David Huck
David Pugh
David Reddy
David Scott in memory of
Jim Davis
Dawn Lemkes
Debbie Gauthier-Scott
Deborah Clark
Deborah Hall
Dennis Smaggus
Diane Altwasser
Dieter Hendrickson
Dieter Kromm
Don Jonasson
Donna Matthezing
Doug Bearinger
Doug Bonnyman
Doug Carr
Ena Spalding
Eric & Cathy Lloyd
Eric Gagnon
Fifth Dimension Outdoor Club

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$100 - $249 (continued)
Fur Person
George Lepine
Georgina Brown
Glenda Misurelli
Glenna Jefferies in memory of
Jim Davis
Greg Gourlay
Greg Roy
Gregory Jones
Gwyneth Thomas
Gypsy Marie's
Hugh Harden
Italian Farmhouse
Jacquie & Mike Broadfoot in
memory of Jim Davis
James Mackie
James Marjoram
James Murray
James Waddock
Jane Rowlands
Janet Tse
Jason Ruiter
Jason Zerk
Jay Pritchard
Jean Moore in memory of
Katharine Armitage-Amundson
Jean-Francois Richy
Jennifer Hogan
Jeremy Neufeld
Jim & Sue Deyell
Joe & Melvina Maruska
Joe Gerritsen
Joe Longo
Joe Sanford
John & Betty Alliston
John & Margaret Morck in
memory of Rodger Banderk
John Heerema in memory of
David Heerema
John Mccaskill in memory of
Barry Scott
Jonathan Lytton
Josh Stryde
Jude Cartwright
Judith Osinski
Judith Wark
Julie Jack
Karen & Ed Rous in memory of
Rodger Banderk
Karen Linda Fisher
Karen Montemurro
Katherine Watson-Jarvis &
Colin Jarvis
Kathleen & Ezio Palese
Kathleen Storey
Kathryn Jeans in honour of
My beloved Guinness
Kathy Hunt
Katja Hoehn
Kelly Wilson
Kelly Wood
Ken Chao
Ken Gray in memory of
Barry Scott
Ken Lukowiak
Ken Young
Kevin Jones
Kirsten & David Pugh
Klaus Exner
Kristina Roberts
Laura Margetts
Lauren Bresee
Linda Hobson in memory of
Martin Cordsen
Livefree Inc in memory of
Betty Sky McWilliam
Lori Vickerman
Lori Vollmerhaus
Lori Walsh
Lorraine Reggin
Louise Phelps
Louise Seguin
Lucian Cerny
Lyle Opseth
Lynn Collin

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$100 - $249 (continued)
Mallory Hughes
Marc Joiner
Margaret Holroyd
Margaret McGillivray
Maria K. Eriksen and Harold
Hanen Fund at the Calgary
Foundation
Mario Savard
Mark Boonstra
Mark Duk
Mark Goble
Mark Martens
Mark Schmidt in memory of
Barry Scott
Martha Nystrom
Matthew Talpt
Meghan McDonough
Michael Brown
Michael Mcintosh
Michael Shackleton
Mike Cogut
Momentum Cycling
Morag Gagnon
Murray Hyde
Murray Morrell
Nancy Moules in memory of
Katharine (Kat) Armitage
Nathalie Woodhouse
Patricia Courtright
Patricia Salt
Patricia Salt in honour of
Diane Altwasser
Paul Kostyan
Paul Vink
Peleton Cycling
Peter Boyce
Peter Stys
Powderhorn Saloon
Ramsey Froome
Randy Remy
Richard & Diane Dillabough
Ridley Cycle
Robert Mahood
Rod Davidson
Ryan Matthyssen
Samuel Quiroga
Sandy Peacock
Scott Ramsay
Scott Rowe
Second Sixties Outdoor Club
Shaun Fox
Sheila & Jeff Gair
Sheldon Deering
Shirley Marsh
Skrastins Outdoor Club
SOGO Adventure Running
Stephanie Nagel
Steve Riggs
Stone Willow
Stuart Hamilton in memory of
Barry Scott
Suncatchers
Suzanne Robert
Tasha Betcherman
Terry Zwicker
Threepoint massage
Tim & Tina de Freitas
Tony Dopf
Travis Cooke
Ursula Wohlfarth
Vinh Han
Wayne Kooy
Wendy Robinson in memory of
Kerry Anne Iliffe
West Wind Senior Hiking Club
Western Motorsports Inc
Will Ratliffe
Wilma Parfitt & John Parfitt
Wintergreen Golf
Xavier Henry

GBCTA Annual Report 21
Statement of Financial Position
ASSETS
CURRENT
Cash $ 136,525
Term Deposits 118,989
Accounts receivable 6,000
Inventory 3,125
Goods and services tax recoverable 638
Prepaid expenses 1,000
NOTICE TO READER
On the basis of information provided by management, I have compiled the statement of financial position of The
Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association as at December 31, 2019 and the statements of revenues and expenditures and
changes in assets for the year then ended.
I have not performed an audit or a review engagement in respect of these financial statements and, accordingly, I
express no assurance there on.
Readers are cautioned that these statements may not be appropriate for their purposes.
266,277
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Net of accumulated amortization) 91,180
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT
December 31, 2019
(Unaudited – See Notice To Reader)
$ 357,457
Accounts payable $ 10,995
Wages payable 8,207
Employee deductions payable 3,251
22,453
NET ASSETS 335,004
$ 357,457
Bragg Creek, Alberta
March 30, 2020
Ben Plumer CPA Professional Corporation
CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT

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GBCTA Annual Report
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures
Year Ended December 31, 2019
(Unaudited – See Notice To Reader)
REVENUES
Donations $ 267,954
Grants 183,054
Fundraising 14,134
Other revenue 1,705
466,847
EXPENSES
Trail development 256,302
Salaries and wages 76,598
Trail maintenance and supplies 29,605
Insurance 14,930
Professional fees 14,209
Equipment operating and maintenance 13,461
Amortization 12,311
Office 2,981
Event costs 8,283
Administration 7,675
Utilities 6,922
Advertising and promotion 3,089
Credit card charges 2,340
Building maintenance 1,226
Interest and bank charges 359
450,291
EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES FROM OPERATIONS 16,556
OTHER INCOME 606
EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES $ 17,162

GBCTA Annual Report 23
Bragg Creek Trails Quick Facts
Contributed more than
60,000
volunteer hours
The GBCTA mission is to develop and maintain non-motorized
trails in the Bragg Creek area for public recreation.
Incorporated as an Alberta not for
profit Society in
2004
to Bragg Creek area trails since
inception.
WBC Trails had
200,000 visitors
in 2019 based on Alberta Parks
Traffic/Trail Counts for the WBC
& Fullerton parking lots.
Approved as a federally registered
charity in
$ 4.1 million
$ 1.6 million
$ 2.5 million
2007
Raised and spent on Bragg Creek
area trails since inception
Raised and spent on WBC trails in KC
Raised and spent on Bragg Creek
trails in Rocky View County (RVC)
Constructed and upgraded
165 km
of recreational trails in the West
Bragg Creek (WBC) area of
Kananaskis Country (KC) since
2010.
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Manages, constructs and maintains 165 km of trails in WBC KC in
cooperation with Alberta Environment & Parks including handling most
trail maintenance and winter trail grooming operations.
Constructed, operates and maintains 12 km of trails in Rocky View
County and Bragg Creek Provincial Park including the WBC Trail (TCT)
from the Hamlet of Bragg Creek to WBC.
Has created a positive economic impact on local Bragg Creek
businesses with 200,000 visitors to WBC trails in 2019, which is a 500
per cent increase since 2009.
Conservative estimate of the economic impact of the trails we have built in the Bragg Creek
area = $9 million per year based on 250,000 visitors per year.
Source: The Economic Impact of Tourism in Kananaskis Country in 2011 ($ 202.5 million, 1,103,000 visits). The Bragg
Creek estimate is 20 percent of the calculated economic impact per person from this 2011 study.
https://open.alberta.ca/publications/economic-impact-of-tourism-in-kananaskis-country

The Greater Bragg
Creek Trails
Association
Box 1379
Bragg Creek, AB
Canada
T0L 0K0
info@braggcreektrails.org
www.braggcreektrails.org